Site Stuff

Halloween Food Ideas:Pumpkin in the Shell

This delicious pumpkin dish cooks in its own shell. The whole pumpkin can be brought to the table as an edible centerpiece!

This easy Halloween recipe uses simple ingredients and takes only minutes to put together. It needs to bake for about 2 hours, though, so be sure to allow yourself lots of time.

The consistency of the cooked pumpkin may vary. That's OK! If it's fairly liquid, serve it in bowls and call it a soup. If it's pretty firm, scoop it onto plates and call it a side dish. Either way, it's delicious - and fun!

This isn't the fastest of my Halloween food ideas, but the extra time is worth it!

Check that you have these staples at home

in the cupboard

canned evaporated milk

French bread

salt

pepper

in the fridge or freezer

butter

onions

Cheddar cheese

Buy these fresh ingredients

a small pumpkin

Get out your equipment

Essential

a sharp knife

a large spoon for scooping out the pumpkin

a cutting board

a large baking dish or roasting pan

a can opener

a cheese grater

aluminum foil

a fork

The recipe

1 small pumpkin (about 8 inches/20 cm in diameter)

1 Tbsp/15 mL butter

1/4 cup/60 mL finely minced onion

1 can (13 oz/370 mL) evaporated milk

2 slices French bread cubed

1/2 tsp/2 mL salt

1/4 tsp/1 mL pepper

1/2 cup/125 mL grated Cheddar cheese

Preheat the oven to 350F/180C.

Cut off the top of the pumpkin as though you were planning to make a jack-o-lantern.Set the lid aside.

Scoop out the seeds and the pulp.Scrape most of the stringiness from the sides.